Toy



March 15 1927. 1,621,353

J. J. DAHLSTROM TOY Filed July 30", 192.6

Patented Mar. 15, 1927.

U I ED T TES JOHN JAMES DAHLSTROM, OF NEW ORLEANS, '-'LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR'TO WALKEE PATENT TOY & NOVELTY 00., ING.,- OF NEW oRLnA'Ns; LOUISIANA, A CORPORATION: 013.

' LOUISIANA.

v Application filed July 30,

mounted. and; the string being so connected therewith as toproduce a walking action in the toy upon the pulling of thestring.

Another object 'of the invention resides in providing animproved toy movement' in which the balance of the toy willbe at all times preserved throughout the walking movement thereof and in which the mechanicalw alking movement will be reliable and subject to economical manufacture.

With the foregoing andother objects in View, the invention will be more fullydescribed-hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto. g j

.' a In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like orcorresponding parts through out the several views. 7 t

' Figure 1 is a front elevation of an improved walking toy constructed according to the present invention. 7

Figure 2 is a side view of' the same.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section takenv on the line 3-3 in Figure 2, f I

r Figure 4' is an enlarged edge view of one of the feet with a portion of the leg broken away. 7 p v Figure. 5 is abottom planviewof said foot. v

Figure 6 is a front edge of thefoot, Figure 7 is a cross section taken' on the line 77 in Figure 4, and; H z I Figure 8 is a side view showing a slight modification. f f i a Referring more particularly to the drawings "10 designates the trunk or body of the improvedtoy having the head 11, arms"12 and 13 and the legs 14 and 15. The outline configuration of the toy may be made in 'anyifanciful' or bizarre way and the head is preferably supported flexibily upon the coil spring 16, while the farmsf12 and 13"iare madeup of beads or small elongatedjornamental sleeves strung over the'fiexiblewires 192's; sens n 12,o09.

faces 18 of the innermostv beads 19 with thecurved downwardly bulging surface20 of the upper portion of thebody 10. The outer, surface 21 of. such bead 19 is convex and, the inner end of the first ornamental sleeve is adaptedto rest against this convex surface 21,- being held tightly thereagainst by mean's'ofthefiexible cord 17 One cord will generally suffice for'both'arms andis made to pass entirely through the body l'O as indicatedin Figure 1, the flexible cord being knotted as indicated at 22 at its outer ends to prevent it pulling through. the ornamentalsleeves. The tight engagement of one sleeve against the next willhold in extended position. 7 v 1 v The figure. alsofpreferably carries a tail 23 joined with a rear lower portion of the body 10 as indicated in Figures 2 and '3, and this 'tail may also advantageously be made up I of the beadsor "ornamental sleeves strung upon the flexible cable or wire 2a. The outer portionof the'tail'. is provided with' the sleeve having theenlarged or bulbous portion '}25"having} a rounded exterior surface for resting'upon the ground and for enabling the tail to slide laterally. f'Preferably adj acent this bulbous sleeve is'an enlarged ball 26 adapted to engage raised portions of uneven surfaces and also adapted to add weight at therear most portion of the tail which is 7 rather long in order to properly balance the said sleeves figure andto. prevent thejfigure from falling backwards. The weight ofthe tail willalso prevent thefigure from falling forwards and the tail is adapted 'to slide laterally from one side to. the other on the, rounded surface 25 as the figure is in the act of walking which also prevents the figure from, toppling sidewise. V

j The legs 14 and 15 arepivoted to a. 'bQ y upon the pivot pin, 27, although'separate portion of the body is cutaway at both sides .pivotpins maybeemployed andYthe lower 'to provide sockets 28 in which to receive the 33 by which the figure is led or pulled forwardly. The branches of the string are preferably wound about the thumb tacks 34 which are pushedinto the sides of the legs.

The legs 14 and 15 carry at their lower ends the feet 35, which feet are preferably long and wide to give a grotesque appearance to the figure and a' humorous appearance to itswalking movement. The length and breadth of the feet, however, also sub serve a useful purpose in retaining the balance ofthe figure and in enabling the figure to progress along in a walking movement. Each foot, "as shown, in Figures 4 to 7, is secured in the leg at its rear portion and is slightly covex along its longitudinal sole 36, as shown'in Figure 4, the intermediate portion of'the'longitudinal sole being approxiinately flat, however, while a greater convexity exists at the front portion of the foot. The rear portion of the longitudinal sole is also abruptly curved up away from the supported surface as shown at 37. Moreover the sole is beveled or inclined transversely as indicated at 38 inIFigure 7 This inclination take place upwardly and out wardly of the foot. This transverse inclination is'only a gentleone but in combination with the longitudinally extending convexity it p'rovide'sthe lowest sole surface at the rear inner portion of the foot. As shown in Figures 5 a'nd'fi, the inner front portionof the foot is-beveled forwardly and upwardly iii) asrepre'sented at 39 in order tot ilt the figure laterally when comingforward upon the one foot; in other words to cant the figure over upon-{the opposite foot. 7

In F gure 8, the partsare all the same and aresimilarly numbered except that the external appnameofithe figure is changed 'being'that-ofa clownand the tail has been reaven and replaced by the leading wheel 4L0 carried in the shaft el wlhich is pivotally connected with the arms 42 of the figure." The pivotaliconnection isindicate'd at In this' case also the arms are not out s'tretcl'redglbutthey are pivoted to-Ithe upper portion :ofthe body as indicated at Hand extend "downwardly and forwardly. The

' wheel 40 serves tobalan'ce the figure inthis instance. V v w, 2e actionof the device,'the string 33 isf'smiply pulled uponand acts to lead" the ngrrreyso that the" pulling action is upon the legs below the pivot pin 27 thereof thus having a tendency to swing the legs forwardly. The figure shifts from one foot to the other. In Figure 1 the toyis shown as reposii'ig on the right foot. The further pulling of the string will act'to swing the leg 15 forwardly and when the limiting pin 29 strikes the forward wall of its socket the string will draw'the whole figure forwardly upon the right foot, -the figure being enabled to rock forward by reason o'fth'elongitudinal convexity 36 of said foot. As the figure gets up upon the toe portion of the right foot, the inclined toe 39 will direct the figure over onto the left foot, the leg '15- having been brought forward so that the figure will swing over upon the rounded heel portion 37 of this left foot and this rounded portion will rapidly throw the figure forward upon the high area of the sole, this condition being assisted by the transverse curvature or inclination 38 of the foot which will also assist the toe portion 39- of the opposite foot to swingthe weight on the left foot and'thus leave the leg 14 free tobepulled forwardly by its branch string .31, whil'e its right: foot is out of contact with the supporting surface. In other words the toy will rock laterally from one foot to the other and while its construction and design of the above specifi- 'cally describedeinbodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being- :restricted onlyfby thescope of the following claims. I

What is claimed is z:-

1. A. walking toy figure comprising v a body, a flexibly supported head, out-stretched flexible arms, a longtail extending from-the body and having aibulbousraportion at its rear for sliding laterallyfoni the supporting surface and a weighted member'forwa-rdly of the bulbousportion, pivoted legs on :the body of the figure, andmeans conneetedto the legs for drawing the 'figureforwardly. 2. In a walkingtoy-figure,.thelcombinati-on-of "a body, a pair of legs" pivoted .tojthe.

lower portion .of the' 'body at oppcsiteisiae's thereof, feet carriedby thelegs'having-fim clir'ied lower --surfaces to efiect stepp ng' of I the feet, by the forward mono-n oftheb. d means for limiting; the, forward. st: 11

movements tithe legs, a. suppbrtpiojfiiig ee-L353 3 rearwardly from the body adapted to engage at points beneath'the pivotal connections of the ground and maintain the body from the legs with the bodyfor normally urging 1 over-balancing in a forward and rearward the legs in a forward direction and for disdirection, outwardly extending arms carried posing the line of draft of the figure beneath upon the'opposite sides of the body near the the pivotal connections ofthe legs with the top of the figure for counter-balancing the body.

same against tilting sidewise, and a, draw string having branches attached to said legs JOHN JAMES DAHLSTROM. 

